Creating a real wallet for bitcoins - page 2.

nmat

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Quote from: Astrohacker on August 03, 2011, 09:38:10 PM

Ideally it would be the size of a credit card. But I don't think the technology is quite there yet.

Well, if we could stick a camera into this thing, we would wear it as a watch: http://liliputing.com/2011/08/wimm-labs-unveils-1-inch-wearable-android-device.html

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Ideally it would be the size of a credit card. But I don't think the technology is quite there yet.

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Quote from: ffuentes on August 03, 2011, 08:38:06 PM

An exclusive device would be useless like that device made only for tweeting released the past year.

Well, you may be right. But what if you don't have battery on your phone and you need to make a payment? Sometimes is nice to have different devices for different tasks. And having a wallet is different from being able to tweet...

But I agree. A phone is large and we already have one to carry around.

Quote from: Astrohacker on August 03, 2011, 08:40:06 PM

I had the same idea, but I probably don't have time to pursue the project: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/suggestion-turning-a-nexus-s-into-a-bitcoin-only-device-28923

Well... you had exactly the same idea. Tongue

Sending/receiving payments with this would be really simple (I bet my mom could do it!) and it would secure your wallet (I didn't thought of the cloud backup though, but it's an obvious and essential addition).

I liked that comment about kindle. Having battery for 1 month sounds good

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Quote from: nmat on August 03, 2011, 08:29:13 PM

I think it would be a great idea to create a real wallet for bitcoins. Instead of locking up a computer inside a safe or writing down private keys, why not create a device just for sending and receiving bitcoins?

The first thing that came to my mind when I thought of this was: android phones. I can buy a cheap android at ebay ($60 or $70 maybe? and the price is coming down...), install bitcoin and use it like a real wallet. Of course it would be better if there was a special "Android Bitcoin Edition" with extra security.

Are there any plans to create a device with such functionality? And does anyone use an Android phone as a wallet?

I hope that whoever develops this great idea, has UABB's stamp of approval.

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I had the same idea, but I probably don't have time to pursue the project: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/suggestion-turning-a-nexus-s-into-a-bitcoin-only-device-28923

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I would like a .jar app to make payments and receive it

An exclusive device would be useless like that device made only for tweeting released the past year.

nmat

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I think it would be a great idea to create a real wallet for bitcoins. Instead of locking up a computer inside a safe or writing down private keys, why not create a device just for sending and receiving bitcoins?

The first thing that came to my mind when I thought of this was: android phones. I can buy a cheap android at ebay ($60 or $70 maybe? and the price is coming down...), install bitcoin and use it like a real wallet. Of course it would be better if there was a special "Android Bitcoin Edition" with extra security.

Are there any plans to create a device with such functionality? And does anyone use an Android phone as a wallet?

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